After the birthday dinner, the guests dispersed, and the guests who had come from afar were placed in the guest rooms of the King of Henan.

In the steaming bath, Helian soaked in the bath, closed his eyes and leaned against the wall of the pool. There was a sound of broken footsteps behind him, and a delicate maid walked into the bathroom, stopped outside the curtain, and whispered: "Fifth Highness, I brought the clothes you ordered." ”

"Well," Helian replied lazily, beckoning to the maid, "and put the things aside." What is your name? ”

The maid replied softly, "The slave is called Ling'er." ”

Helian nodded fixedly, got up from the bath, lifted the curtain, stood in front of Ling'er, took a dry cloth in his hand and gave it to Ling'er, and ordered, "Wipe it for me." ”

Helian Dingguang was naked, with a white cloth around his waist. Broad shoulders, tight muscles, and jet-black hair dripping with water, sprinkling droplets of water on the body. Ling'er took the soft cloth with a red face, not daring to look up at him. His eyes met his chest, and there were two white wounds near his heart, like the marks of an animal's claws. Ling'er shook her hands and gently wiped Helianding's upper body.

Helian turned his back and turned his back to her, "Wipe your back too." He waited for a while, but he didn't see Ling'er's movements.

Helian Ding turned his head and looked at Ling'er with a gloomy face. I saw Ling'er stunned there, unable to hold the cloth in her hand and falling under her feet. In Ling'er's view, Helianding's bronze back was marked with scars, the wounds were hideous and terrifying, and the whip marks were horizontal and vertical, making her heart tremble.

"What's wrong? Are you stunned or stupid? Helian Ding asked in a cold voice.

Ling'er hurriedly picked up the dry cloth on the ground, held it in his hand, hesitated, and trembled slightly by his might.

Helian Ding's face changed, he stretched out his right palm and pinched Ling'er's throat fiercely, and shouted: "This king asked you to wipe my body, are you unwilling or don't dare?" How dare you despise this king so much? ”

Ling'er's throat was choked, her face was purple and swollen, and she grabbed Helianding's arm with both hands, struggling desperately. How could Helianding's fingers be like iron tongs, and he couldn't break free. Seeing Ling'er resisting, Helian was even more angry, and took Ling'er to the corner. In a panic, Ling'er scratched her arm and overturned a flower stand, and the celadon flower pot on it knocked over to the ground, making a sound of porcelain breaking.

Helian Chang, who heard the sound, saw this scene, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull away Helianding's right palm and save Ling'er from under him. Ling'er bent down and coughed continuously, raised her eyes to see Helian Chang's eyes, and escaped from the bathroom like a ghost.

Helian Chang picked up the dry cloth on the ground, shook it, and gently wiped it on Helianding's back, "Fifth brother, your temper has been getting bigger and bigger recently. If I hadn't heard the sound, the girl would have died in the palm of your hand. ”

"It's just a maid, but like an ant."

"Fifth brother, this is in Henan Palace, not in Tongwan. The fifth brother should not be rash, in case something happens in the Henan Palace, it is not good to explain to his father. ”

"My father didn't want to see Ah Ding for a long time. In the past two years, how has my father ever looked at me? No matter how hard I tried, my father couldn't see it. ”

Helian Chang's fingers lightly touched the scar on his back. Helian Ding seemed to have been stung by a scorpion, and his back shook, "Third brother, don't touch it." ”

"Fifth brother, the wound two years ago is still so deep, and it is still like a new addition. I remember that on the afternoon of the day when the lord of Zhuohua took advantage of you and fled, my father hung you upside down in the school yard, personally executed you, and whipped you like this. The third brother saw it, and he was really distressed. Later, my father threw you into Langming Valley and trained with the killers raised by my Xia Kingdom. The third brother always hangs in his heart, worried that you won't be able to get out of the valley one day. Helian Chang pointed to the two paw prints on Helian Ding's chest and asked, "Are these two wolf paw prints left in the valley?" ”

Helian nodded fixedly, and said numbly: "In Langming Valley, the tip of the knife is bloody during the day, and the skeleton sleeps with the headrest at night, with the sludge as a companion, and with the beasts. You must also fight wolves at the bottom of the valley and climb cliffs to find a way to survive. It is necessary to go through the test of ninety-nine eighty-one times before you can get out of the valley. ”

"Do you remember, who caused you to do this?"

Helianding's eyes were filled with pain and chill, "How can you forget?" As a young son, Ah Ding did not dare to compete for the position of prince. At that time in Chang'an, my father cared for me very much, and he could see that my father intended to match me and her. However, the cunning woman took advantage of me and escaped from the gate. The father was strict and never allowed his courtiers to make mistakes. From then on, my life was ruined in the hands of that woman! The crown prince and the kings are all looking at me and laughing, and even falling into the ground, only the third brother, you still care about me. How can the prince be the crown prince, just because he is the eldest son, he was named the prince, in terms of virtue and talent, where is he the third brother, your opponent? ”

After that, Helian Ding looked back, looked at his third brother, and said seriously: "Third brother, Ah Ding will definitely help you win the crown prince." Helian Chang nodded yes, with a happy expression.

Helian Ding was silent for a while, and said in a deep voice: "I recognized her at the banquet just now. ”

"Who?" Helian Chang pretended not to understand.

"Zhuo-Hua-County-Lord," Helian Ding said through gritted teeth, word by word, "during the banquet, she replaced Princess Shiping and danced for the King of Henan and the guests. Her eyes couldn't fool me, and the moment she lifted the veil, I was even more sure it was her. Third brother, what do you say I should do? ”

"Oh? It turned out to be her? Helian Chang pretended to be suddenly enlightened, "Fifth brother, what do you think when you see her?" ”

"In my heart, what I think about most is...... Arrest her back and detain her for the rest of her life. Let her understand the pain I have suffered over the past few years. ”

The corners of Helian Chang's mouth hooked up a sneer, "Fifth brother, since you think so in your heart, why don't you do it?" How can we, the Helian clan, be played by others? ”

"Yes," Helian clenched his hands into fists and gurgled, "when my father's whip was whipped on my back, I suddenly realized that her kindness to me was all fake. When she was with me, everything was planned, every word was intentional, and I had never seen a woman with such a deep heart. I didn't expect that I, Helian Ding, would be planted in the hands of a woman. ”

"Fifth brother, you have also suffered a lot because of this." Helian Chang stroked his shoulder and comforted, "Father asked you to go to Langming Valley to train. Fifth brother, you die there for nine lives, you ...... Is it to blame the father? ”

Helian Ding shook his head and said hatefully: "I asked for it, and I can't complain about my father." One day, I, Helian, will inflict these pains on that cunning woman. Whoever owes me must pay it back twice! I will break her wings, so that she will not be able to live, and she will not be able to die. ”

"Fifth brother, be careful. If you have such intentions, you should take a long-term view and not startle the snake. Helian Chang patted him on the shoulder. Helian nodded fixedly, his eyes gloomily piercing through the curtain to look at the silent surface of the bath.